ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຫວານ / Sweet Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຫວານ / Chinese Rattan Palm. (2021, August 27). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000149
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຫວານ / Chinese Rattan Palm. Pha Khao Lao, 27 August 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000149.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຫວານ / Chinese Rattan Palm." Published August 27, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000149.
Calamus pseudoscutellaris var. cylindrocarpus Conrard
Calamus rhabdocladus var. globulosus S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus rhabdocladus var. rhabdocladus
Vie): hèo, mây, mây cuồng, mây đắng, mây gồ, song đen, mây thuấn, r’sui
Stems clustered, climbing (sometimes only shortly climbing or free-standing), to 40 m long and 10 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths green, yellowish-green, or reddish-brown, with densely arranged, oblique rows of glossy, black or brown, flattened, to 4 cm long (to 10 cm long at sheath apices) spines; ocreas elongate, with rows of spines, bristly at the apices; knees inconspicuous or absent; flagella present, to 5 m long; petioles to 80 cm long; with rings of spines on upper surfaces; rachis to 2.7 m long with 27-74, linear leaflets per side, these regularly arranged and spreading in the same plane (young plants regularly
arranged but with gaps, rarely plants with irregularly arranged leaflets spreading in different planes), bristly on veins of upper and lower surfaces; cirri absent. Inflorescences to 10 m long, flagellate; bracts tubular; fruits globose, ellipsoid, or ovoid, to 1.4 cm long and 0.8 cm diameter, reddish or yellowish. Distribution and habitat. Northern and central Laos and Vietnam (also in China) in lowland evergreen or montane forest at 20-1,850 m elevation. Flowering and fruiting. Flowers April-May; fruits April-May, July, October-November. (M. Peters & A. Henderson, 2014).
Uses. Provides a medium quality cane used for furniture making, and the palm hearts and fruits are eaten.